House Cuts Food-Stamp Funds From Farm Bill

Republican Leaders Strip Out Food-Stamp Funding to Ease Passage

WASHINGTON—A sharply divided House approved a bill Thursday that would set farm policy for the next five years, using a strategy that pleased conservative Republicans, angered Democrats and left the future of farm programs and food stamps in doubt.

Bruised by the unexpected defeat of the farm bill last month, House Republican leaders removed funding for food-stamp programs from the legislation, bowing to conservative demands that those programs be dealt with separately. That marked a change in tradition; farm bills in the...